February 8, 2010
It was a good week and a good live tournament for poker pro Jeff Madsen at the Borgata last week; on Friday the young twenty-something gun walked away with the respect and the $625 000 main prize in the $3 500 buy-in Borgata Winter Open, besting a field of 765 other hopefuls. The Atlantic City […]
February 8, 2010
The long hoped for legalisation of online poker in California may come a step nearer tomorrow (Tuesday Feb. 9th) as the Senate Governmental Organization Committee begins an informal hearing titled “Examining the Public Policy and Fiscal Implications Related to the Authorization of Intrastate Internet Poker in California.” The hearing will be held at Room 4203 […]
February 8, 2010
The clampdown by Mastercard and Visa – allegedly on grounds that some online gambling operators are falsely coding transactions as non-gambling activities – last week has received a fast response from Pokerstars, the world’s largest online poker site. In a statement from the poker company this week, it has clarified its position regarding credit card […]
February 6, 2010
The conferences and lobbying among tribal gambling groups – some for and others against legalising poker in California to close state budgetary gaps (see previous reports) – has triggered some opposition from the California Tribal Business Alliance, which this week released the results of an independent study claiming that potential revenues may have been overstated. […]
February 5, 2010
Media statements released this week by online poker sites Players Only and Sportsbook.com have confirmed rumours circulating last week in affiliate circles that the two companies are about to move from the Cake Network to the Merge Poker Network. The moves could take place as early as mid-April, apparently, with one statement advising that Merge […]
February 3, 2010
The twoplustwo message board has been on fire this week after disclosures were made that a Dutch player was having tax problems. The tax authorities are claiming a 29 percent cut of poker earnings in terms of the amended Betting and Gaming Tax Act, which claims the right to tax online winnings from foreign, but […]
January 31, 2010
The 2010 Aussie Millions main event concluded over the weekend with a local victory by Tyron Krost, a 23-year-old pro from from Bondi in Sydney who qualified via an online satellite on Party Poker, besting a star-studded field of 745 players over 7 days of poker. The main prize win – worth A$2 million ($1 […]
January 30, 2010
If they’ve forgotten about the long-running Dwan 50 000 hand poker challenge, readers could be forgiven, as the action started again this week after a break of over a month…and almost a year since the first clash between Patrik Antonius and Tom Dwan took place. If they’ve forgotten about the long-running Dwan 50 000 hand […]
January 28, 2010
Q4 2009 results posted this week by the Leisure and Gaming plc group show plunging revenues in casino and sports betting ameliorated by good poker results, especially in the Italian market. Figures to end December last year show revenues from casino products dived by almost 70 percent to Euro 4.5 million, from Euro 14.7 million […]
January 28, 2010
Online high stakes poker star Patrik Antonius will be feeling the pain today of an evening session on the Full Tilt high stakes tables that cost him dearly – a total of $826 000 to be precise. In a luckless 434 hand session of $300/$600 Pot-Limit Omaha against Tom Dwan and Ilari Sahamies, Antonius was […]